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Balancing Supply and Demand of Fresh Water Under Increasing Drought and Salinisation in the Netherlands
by Ad Jeuken, Eelco van Beek, Rianne van Duinen, Anne van der Veen, Agnese Bocalon, Joost Delsman, Pieter Simon Pauw, Gualbert Oude Essink, Sjoerd E. A. T. M. Zee, S. F. Stofberg, Koen Zuurbier, Pieter Stuyfzand, Wilfred Appelman, Raymond Creusen, Marcel Paalman, Diana Katschnig, Jelte Rozema, Marjolein Mens, Jan Kwakkel, Wil Thissen, Jeroen Veraart, Lieselotte Tolk, Arjen de Vries ยท 2012
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Page count: 42
The latest climate impact assessments show that climate change will cause an increasing mismatch between demand and supply of fresh water in many densely populated deltas around the world. Recent studies for the Netherlands show that the current water supply strategy is not climate proof in the long-run. Therefore, a future 'climate proof' fresh water supply is national priority on the Dutch water policy agenda